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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11273
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14068
13 Actual Demand 10985
14 Aggregate Planning 11910
15 Air Cargo 9825
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6425
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34559
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15197
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18911
20 Assembly Line 21558
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22666
22 Average Speed of Answer 26368
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22672
24 Batch Production 37678
25 Bill Discounting 14158
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10829
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6927
28 Blanket Release 9767
29 Bonded Warehouse 9859
30 Booking Number 13424
31 Bottleneck 9249
32 Buffer Stock 58366
33 Build to Stock 12724
34 Bullwhip Effect 9297
35 Business Logistics 25125
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12333
37 Capacity Management 39611
38 Capacity Utilization 13791
39 Capital Intensive 8116
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8395
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11860
42 Certified Supplier 8819
43 Channel Effectiveness 8783
44 Co-Destiny 9051
45 Co-managed Inventory 12218
46 Co-Packers 11556
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6628
48 Computer-Based Training 7513
49 Consular Invoice 19349
50 Container Depot 10377
51 Container Freight Station 10135
52 Continuous Replenishment 19215
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11840
54 Contract Carrier 7209
55 Contract of Affreightment 11203
56 Control Charts 7773
57 Cost Flow 10078
58 Courier Service 14904
59 CPFR 8022
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11550
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43411
62 Date Code 17778
63 Days of Supply 19509
64 Dead on Arrival 8956
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7093
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7883
67 Detective Control 8706
68 Devanning 14007
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10623
70 Dispatching 23713
71 Distributed Inventory 8183
72 Distribution Channel Management 34120
73 Distribution Metrics 8752
74 Distribution Planning 23930
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14884
76 Double Marginalization 52261
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22020
78 Dual 5295
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20322
80 Echelon Inventory 25884
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37983
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48950
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7428
84 Efficient Frontier 25020
85 Engineer-to-Order 31303
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15992
87 Erlang B Formula 9128
88 ETD 8106
89 Ex Works 7684
90 Exception Rate 13179
91 Exponential smoothing 9630
92 External Growth 9844
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9230
94 Field Services 7597
95 Field Warehouse 9712
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8472
97 Fishbone Diagram 14336
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26572
99 Flow Through Distribution 12078
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7951
101 FOB Destination 12714
102 Forward buying 29762
103 Freight Charge 10122
104 Freight Consolidation 7350
105 Gantt Chart 8129
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11468
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29222
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12449
109 Hub 23090
110 Idle Time 7882
 
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